The curriculum
What Trainwork teaches.
Every learner gets 6 core skills and 9 electives chosen for their role, which is 15 skills at 3 coached conversations each. Below is the full catalog those 9 electives are drawn from, with the title of every conversation in it.
The 6 core AI skills every employee gets
Nobody trades these away. They are the skills that decide whether AI is useful to a person at all, and the one that stops someone pasting something they should not have. Each is mapped to a competency in the U.S. Department of Labor AI literacy framework, published February 2026.
Prompting
3 conversationsTurn a vague ask into output you can actually use.
U.S. Department of Labor competency: Direct AI Effectively
- 01Ask AI for what you want
- 02Fix prompts that still come out wrong
- 03Save your best prompts to use again
AI Judgment
3 conversationsWhat's safe to feed it, when to trust it, and how to check.
U.S. Department of Labor competency: Use AI Responsibly + Understand AI Principles
- 01Use AI safely and know when to trust it
- 02Catch when AI is making things up
- 03Verify facts and figures given to you
Writing
3 conversationsDraft and rewrite so it sounds like you, not a robot.
U.S. Department of Labor competency: Explore AI Uses
- 01Get AI to write like you
- 02Turn a rough draft into something good
- 03Build your personal style guide
Summarizing
3 conversationsThe contract, the policy, the long thread, the forty page report.
U.S. Department of Labor competency: Explore AI Uses
- 01Get to the point of a long document
- 02Interrogate a document instead of summarizing it
- 03Turn a document you're stuck on into a decision
Learning
3 conversationsUse AI as a tutor to ramp on anything, fast.
U.S. Department of Labor competency: Explore AI Uses
- 01Use AI to learn something new
- 02Learn by doing, not by reading
- 03Start learning something you need
Data
3 conversationsGet an answer out of a spreadsheet, and a chart that lands it.
U.S. Department of Labor competency: Explore AI Uses
- 01Turn messy data into answers
- 02Clean up the export nobody can use
- 03Build the chart that lands your decision
The 14 electives, drawn from four bands
A learner is given 9 of these, picked from their role, industry and the shape of their week. The bands exist so nobody ends up with nine variations on the same skill: every learner draws from all four.
Create
Making something that wasn't there before. Every learner draws 2 from this band.
Design
3 conversationsImages, documents and decks that look like someone competent made them.
- 01Get an image you can actually use
- 02Make the document look properly made
- 03Build the real deck you have to present
Teaching
3 conversationsThe lesson, the training, the explainer, at five different levels.
- 01Build a lesson for the group in front of you
- 02Make one lesson work for very different learners
- 03Rebuild the session that never quite works
Audio & Video
3 conversationsA watchable clip or a clean voiceover, without a studio.
- 01Turn a script into a watchable clip
- 02Fix the one that sounds robotic
- 03Make the video your team actually needs
Marketing & Social
3 conversationsCopy, content and campaigns that actually convert.
- 01Write copy that gets clicks
- 02One idea, many channels, one voice
- 03Launch a real campaign
Analyze
Getting to an answer you can defend. Every learner draws 3 from this band.
Research
3 conversationsGet to a trustworthy answer without drowning in tabs.
- 01Research fast without drowning in tabs
- 02Do deep research that works
- 03Research a real question you need answered
Decision Making
3 conversationsFrame the trade-off and make a call you can defend after.
- 01Use a framework to decide
- 02Score your options and test scenarios
- 03Make a real decision you're stuck on
Budgets
3 conversationsBuild the number, check the quote, run the what-if.
- 01Build a number that holds up
- 02Check the number somebody handed you
- 03Price the real thing you're on the hook for
Troubleshooting
3 conversationsThe error message, the jam, the software that will not do the thing.
- 01Get unstuck on the thing that's broken
- 02Chase the fault nobody can reproduce
- 03Fix something that's broken for you now
Communicate
The parts that involve other people. Every learner draws 2 from this band.
Meetings
3 conversationsWalk in prepared, leave with decisions instead of notes.
- 01Run better meetings with AI recap
- 02Get real decisions out of meeting notes
- 03Plan and run a real meeting
Short, clear replies in the right tone, including the awkward ones.
- 01Clear inbox faster with better replies
- 02Control your email AI instead of accepting it
- 03Send a hard email you've been avoiding
Sales & Outreach
3 conversationsThe first message, the follow-up, the objection, the renewal.
- 01Write outreach that gets a reply
- 02Handle the objection you keep losing on
- 03Work the real deal you have open
Automate
Getting the repetitive load off your week. Every learner draws 2 from this band.
Agents
3 conversationsHand a recurring job to something that does it without you.
- 01Build your first automation
- 02Brief an agent and set its limits
- 03Put a real agent to work this week
Coding
3 conversationsThe script, the formula, the small tool, with no CS degree.
- 01Get AI to write code for you
- 02Debug and run code the right way
- 03Build a tool you'll use
Simplifying & Organizing
3 conversationsGet the week out of your head, and cut what does not need doing.
- 01Turn a scattered week into a plan
- 02Protect the work that actually matters
- 03Fix the thing that keeps eating your week
What this page does not show
The conversations themselves. A title tells you what a session is about; it cannot do the thing the session does, which is make you practice on your own work and push back when the answer is thin. The coaching, the worked examples and the feedback are the product, and they stay in it.
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